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Re: does anyone actually play this?...
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Date: 
Thu, 3 Aug 2000 10:29:28 GMT
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In lugnet.football, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> Hi!  Does anyone actually play the Lego Football
> (i.e., having bought the large set, do you really
> use it to play a minifig-scale game of soccer)?

Yes, it's great fun.  One field becomes a bit too easy once you are used
to it, 2 fields offer lots of possibilities including a "proper" 11 players
per team setup, there has been some discussion of this over in loc.au.  My
11 a side setup based on Richard Parsons' template has taken up permanent
residence on the coffee table.

> If so, do the "kick" thingies really work?
> How well?

Really well.  By varying pressure and angle on the lever you can "kick"
straight along the ground or up in an arc, and they swivel to aim.
I have yet to master the arc reliably and hence am now generally beaten
by my non-Lego husband, who has :)  My 5 year old son also loves the game
and is quite good at it.  Non-Lego friends are also quite impressed, and
enjoy playing.

Deidre
drb@tasmail.com



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(...) ...Hmmmm... What's the url on that one? I finally came up with an 11 player board using an expansion set (prolly will get round to 'templating' it soon). ...Also, don't forget! The game makes a _great_ drinking game! :-) (URL) for the record, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)

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Hi! Does anyone actually play the Lego Football (i.e., having bought the large set, do you really use it to play a minifig-scale game of soccer)? If so, do the "kick" thingies really work? How well? Thanks, Franklin ===== Franklin W. Cain | (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)

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